The Democratic Party (PD) must
definitively scrap its image as a tax-and-spend party, PD leader
and ex-premier Matteo Renzi said Monday. "To win the wager of
taxes we must scrap the Dracula model which for years underlay
centre-left governments...bet on a friendly tax system, as we
have done," said Renzi, who stressed the government must "lower
taxes, boost an intelligent fight on tax evasion". Renzi said
that, thanks to a new approach, 2016 had been a record year in
recouping dodged taxes. Renzi, in charge for two and a half
years until a December 4 Constitutional referendum defeat,
prided himself on scrapping the unpopular IMU tax on primary
residences as well as business tax IRAP, while he was readying
to launch the future reduction of personal income tax, IRPEF.
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